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Old Trade Route Soft Adventure Tour (SA 402)
Tour ref. SA402A & B
Note* (Designated SA411A&B for the Australian and New Zealand markets)
4 Days & 4 Nights – THE OLD TRADE ROUTE
Degree of difficulty: Easy
Departures: Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays.
Day One
Meal Code: (L, D)
Depart Chiang Mai and travel north for a visit to Chiang Dao Caves. Take lunch in a local restaurant then a stop at a forest temple followed by a drive along rural back roads through scenic countryside to a rare Paulong hill tribe village. Overnight at Maekok River Village Resort. Enjoy dinner followed by a sit around the campfire (if the weather is cool enough).
Day Two
Meal Code: (B, L, D)
After breakfast, an optional visit to the Giant Buddha images overlooking the valley from nearby Wat Thaton. At 10:00hrs, depart the resort to visit several ethnic minority villages (Shan, Akha, Yao, Karen). Board a river barge for a lazy rafting trip down river. Canoes are carried onboard for those who wish to use them. Picnic lunch on the river bank, followed by (optional) 1.5 hour mini-trek to a Mussur (Lahu) hill tribe village. Overnight in a comfortable jungle camp sleeping in bamboo bungalows. BBQ dinner & campfire.
Day Three
Meal Code: (B, L, D)
After a full breakfast, re-board the river barge for some more lazy rafting. Stop at one or two hill tribe villages or the hot springs before arriving at the Karen village of Ban Ruam Mit. From here, take a 2 hour Elephant Safari followed by lunch in a local restaurant. Continue down river to Chiang Rai, disembarking at the Dusit Island Resort jetty. Check in to the Dusit Island Resort. Dinner is a set meal served in the hotel restaurant.
Day Four
Tour ref. SA402A and C
Meal Code: (B, L, Tea, D)
Tour ref. SA402B
Meal Code: (B, L, Tea)
After a relaxed breakfast, the guide collects you from the resort at 07:00hrs for a 1.5hr journey to the Maekong River. At the river, you take a short boat ride to the ‘Golden Triangle’ – the three country border junction between Thailand, Laos and Burma. Then return and visit the Opium Museum. Visit the Thai-Burma market town of Mae Sai (optional). Crossing over into Burma at Tachilek to explore the local market (US$5.- border crossing fee, at guest expense). Travel via Chiang Rai where you have lunch on the outskirts of the city.
Then:
Those on programme SA 406A continue on to Chiang Mai with a tea / coffee and toilet stop en route. The evening meal is normally taken at a Khantoke restaurant.
Those on programme SA 406B leave the tour after lunch for either the airport or for their chosen hotel in the city.
Those on tour SA 406C are dropped off back at the Rimkok Resort at around 14:30hrs. They have the afternoon at leisure followed by a set dinner in the hotel restaurant. They stay a second night in the Dusit Island Resort. After breakfast the following morning take the hotel courtesy bus to the airport for their flight out.
Note* On crossing into Burma, passports are required but they are not stamped.
Note* For those who wish to decline the Khantoke dinner on the evening of day 4 in favour of shopping in the night bazaar, your guide will reimburse you a cash sum with which you can buy food in the restaurant or food centre of your choice.
SA 402A
| # persons | 1 person only | Two persons (twin sharing) joining a group |
1 person joining a group |
| price (in THB) | 51,286 | 29,929 | 35,596 |
| for more information go to our pricing policy page / prices valid until oct. 31st 2009 | |||
SA 402B
| # persons | 1 person only | Two persons (twin sharing) joining a group |
1 person joining a group |
| price (in THB) | 50,918 | 29,562 | 33,690 |
| for more information go to our pricing policy page / prices valid until oct. 31st 2009 | |||
SA 402C
| # persons | 1 person only | Two persons (twin sharing) joining a group |
1 person joining a group |
| price (in THB) | 54,982 | 32,696 | 38,259 |
| for more information go to our pricing policy page / prices valid until oct. 31st 2009 | |||